'Gravity' keeps 'Carrie,' box-office foes grounded

3:48 PM,
Oct. 20, 2013

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney appear in a scene from the motion picture 'Gravity.'

Written by

Scott Bowles
USA TODAY

Films about outer space are just asking for puns, and there's no getting around this one: Gravity won't come to Earth.

The sci-fi thriller that has become an early Oscar heavyweight and a box-office smash during a season that usually produces few claimed its third straight weekend at No. 1. The two-person film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, hauled in $31 million, according to studio estimates from Rentrak. The $100 million movie has grossed $170.6 million.

The weekend performance made Gravity just the third film of the year to score a box-office three-peat, joining Lee ...